The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - Revenues Generally Cover Costs Over Time. While realignment revenues will not cover all county responsibilities in each year, in general, revenues should grow sufficiently to cover county costs over time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2022-23 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 2, 2022 - In order to qualify for IHSS, a recipient must be aged, blind, or disabled and in most cases have income below the level necessary to qualify for the Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment cash assistance program (for example, about $1,040 a month for an aged and/or disabled ind ividual living independently in 2021 ‑22).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4512

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare Full Implementation Underway CWS ‑CARES Nearly $2 billion provided over life of project, including $180 million in 2026 ‑27 included in Governor ’s budget. Statewide launch of version 1 planned for October 2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - When CalWORKs expenditures turn out to be less than budgeted, the state can have unspent TANF funds carry over to later years. The state ’s typical practice is to use unspent TANF funds to replace General Fund spending in CalWORKs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program [Publication Details]

Mar 3, 2026 - We note that while the year-over-year change in General Fund costs for the program is relatively flat, it is increasing slightly despite the fact that caseload is expected to decline and the average state cost for grants is remaining flat.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5148

The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Mar 3, 2026 - The state has full discretion over whether and how to provide increases to the SSP portion of the grant. Until it was ended in 2011, the state had a statutory annual COLA. These COLAs generally reflected whole-grant COLAs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2026-27 Budget: County Administration and H.R. 1 Implementation

Mar 5, 2026 - As a result, it will be necessary to reevaluate any additional support provided over time as implementation proc eeds. Baseline Medi‑Cal Administration Budgeting Approach Has Shortcomings Current Medi ‑Cal Administration Budgeting Methodology Lacks Clear Link to Workload.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

The 2026-27 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 18, 2026 - In 2024-25, about 5.5  million Californians received a total of over $12.5  billion in CalFresh benefits, all of it federally funded, with an average monthly benefit of about $192 per person. CalFresh Administration Is Funded by the State, Counties, and Federal Government.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5126

The 2026-27 Budget: Streamlining California’s Affordable Housing Funding System

Mar 6, 2026 - The  administration ’s overall plan is for HDFC to begin making awards beginning in 2026 ‑27 but with HCD and CalHFA staff providing support over the next year or two as HDFC engages in this redesign work and builds internal capacity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - These one-time appropriations result in a year-over-year increase of about $25  million General Fund (about 220  percent) in Fruit and Vegetable Pilot funding and a year-over-year decrease of about $2  million (about 20  percent) in Diaper and Wipe Distribution funding (as compared 2024-25).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/3